Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tai OF new dining cluD enIlJIeu LAG Dln0A ~ ~
| Divorces. Any member who remarrles VIII
cease TO belong TO the club, but may remain
on the footing of honorary MEMBERS
THE new edition of the London post Office
directory consists Of 1872 pages, plus 322
pages of Advertisements. and contains pa 900
names. On each page there are 10000 letters,
the number of letters in the "CommerclaF'
| alone making total OF ',OsV.OOo' anu tue
| weight of the tyne used for the Vo'ume ID
| about % tons. Here is a small but interesting
| table which shows the difficulties or arrange
| ment. In the new directory there are Z,lZ9
Smiths, 1,l04 Joneses, 7OS Browns and Ao'
| hoDlnsons.
ACCORDING to Town Topics, story is going
about that certain "fayre ladye," who has
| made herself rather more than prominent in
social and amateur theatrical circles, was
anxious to be vaccInated before her recent
! departure for Europe. She consulted her
| physlc an on the subject, lmpresslng upon
| him the absolute Importance OF performing
| the operation where 1t would not be seen. SO
| that it would not interfere with her social aud
| dramatic engagements. The doctor thought
| deeply on the all-important subject for half
| an hour, and then advised her TO swallow 1t.
1T is almost a maxim among actors that
new play that rehearses well Will be a fail
| ure, and that one that does not 20 well at
| rehearsal Will be q success. There are excep-
| lions to all rules, however. and this one
| is no exception to the exception. Helen
|
! Chance" for the first time in Cincinnati be-
| fore W. II. Hayden and Manager Ralnforth,
| of the Grand Opera House, and neither she or
| they liked it, When it was rehearseu it
| found no greater favor in her eyes, and after
| the asst rehearsal she said: "lf this play sue
| ceeds | Will give up all claim to dramatic
| judgment. 1t has gone badly at rehearsal,
! and on that fact | pin my sole hope for It's
success" 1t did not make hit, 80 ner judg
| ment was not at fault, after all.
A GERMAN CHEMIST has invented a new
Kind of an&sthetic bullet. which he urges
! will, if brought into general use, greatly d-
! minish the horrors of war. The bullet
| is OF brittle substance, breaking
| directly when it comes IN contact
with the object at which it is aimed.
| 1t contains powerful an9stbetic, producing
| lnstanlaneously complete Accessibility, last
! ing for twelve hours, which. except that the
| action of the heart continues, is not to be dis
! tingulshed from death. battlefield where
| these bullets are used will in a short time be
apparently covered with dead bodies. but IN
| reality merely with the PROSTATE forms of
| soldiers reduced for the time being to a state
| of unconscIousness. While in this condition
they may, the German chemist points out. be
packed in ambulance wagons and carried of
as prisoners.
CANADIAN dimes and half- dimes are giving
| many New Workers much unnecessary an
noyance. There Is large quantity of these
coins of her majesty in circulation here, but
the Canadian quarters are not SO numerous.
1t is well enough for person,to refuse to ac
cept Canadian quartz yas equivalent to 25c.,
for it does not contain as much silver as
United states quarter, and ~. in fact. only
worth about DC. Not so WI Che dimes and
half-dimes, which are alEAos8 exactly equal
IN weight and value tob sae corresponding
United States coins. some people do not
seem to be aware of this, or else they carry
their anil Anglican preiudIces to aTfdlculous
and un"arranted extent, for they positively
refuse to accept these small Canadian coins.
This is very annoying, and sometimes leads
to embarrassing complications. Nearly all
thesGoRductOrs on the horse cars are unwili-
ing to take these numismucal no4ats in pay
ment OF fare. E9Ai I3t
THE House Committee has at last taken up
the faYorite idea among arm men OF punish
ing desertlon. and has recommended tattoo
ing. Don't call branding" SAID Gen.
Bragg. speaking of the suggestion. "No civil
LIED nation ought 70 branda human being.
1t is bau enough TO brand cattle. We recon-
mend tattoOing. This is a prac tice that some
men, sailors in particular, engage In for pure
delight don't see why 1t should not prove
good means o. punishment. The army Off
GERS who study this question of desertion
want TO tattoo every man who enllsts. Then,
If he DESERT, he Is already branded, or IN
dehblv marked and can be identified. and if
he goes swimming can be detec ed. The
English used to brand, and later have tat
tooed big D' on the deserter's hip: For
time it was put on the left breast. We think
it should be put on the back between the
shoulder blades. You see, mere tattooing
VIII do no good If il Is where the deserter can
get at it and tattoo some device over or
around the big 'D' TO obllterate it,"
A FUNERAL of an extraordinary character
took place on Tuesday in Yorkshire, when
Mr.. J.. S. Broderick, we'll known follower of
Epcurus, of Halves. in North Yorkshire was
buried. The interment took place in the
deceased gentleman's own land at Spring
End, on the TOD OF a hill. MIR. Broderick,
who believed in the TRANSPORTATION Of svuis,
had directed that no minister of religion
should at end his burial, and that no religious
ceremony OF any kind should be performed
over his remains. The funeral, therefore
was almost Of a unique descr ption. The
procession had TO pass over Stagefell. one of
the purs OF the Pennine range, and as the
ROAD as blocked in pIaces over Y teet deep
with snowdrIfts, the mourners had 4 most
difficult task. The Immediate place OF sepul-
chre WAS very rocky. 1t had been chosen by
the deceased gentleman, and blasting opera
lions had to be carried ON during the whole
of sunday and Monday TO complete the grave
which is nearly 20 teeL below the surface.
SOMETHING like sixty years ago there ap-
peared in Boston an eccentric character
named Lorenzo Dow. He protested to be a
preacher IN regular calling. but ne was claim
ed by no denomination. although he rather
favored the Me- hodist persuasion. He was a
man of peculiar personal appearance, very
rough in speech, yet possessed OF much Origi-
ndnJy. On Que occasion he was invited 10 On
the pulpit Of Methodist church at the North
End, when, after surveying his audience
qdietly for few moments. he announced as
his text the words: "TOp not, come dowuD
HIS listeners were very much astonshed at
his text and still more at his sermon. which
was TRADE against the prevailing fashion of
ga herring ne hair into a high Knot on the
top OF the head. After the sermon qute a
number of the principal members came to
him, saying: "Mr. Dow, we thought Won
preached from the Bible, and there are no
such words to be found in the BOOK" He an
swered: please look at Matthew XXIy, II:
Let him which is In the housetop not come
down."
COUNT PAUL NAsILI has "obliged again"
having made us acquainted with the inner
ife, the habits and customs, the morals aad
vc,s of the Every select" coteries Of LONDON,
Berlin, Vienna, st. Petersburg and Madrid,
this Nineteenih-century AsmOdeus has taken
the roofs of the p laces and mansions of
Rome, and furnished the fortunate Nouyelle
Revue ith another series of his ''piquapte4
inuiscretions." In LA SOcleLe de Romeo
the Count draws full-length portraits of ing
Humbert aud Queen Marguerite, remarking
preliminarily That to have made constilue
tional king of an heir apparent whose war
like progenitors received purely military
education was nothing les than cruel. King
Humbert continues Count Vasil) is both a
PiCdmOntese and heir of the house of SAVOY
LAS Piemontais he IL a perfect gentleman. A
brilliant cavalry officer serious and grave
detesting frlvolity. The king has a horror of